Northeast braces for snowstorm before spring-like weather

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Northeast is awaiting temperatures next week that will feel more like spring than winter. But before that, as much as 7 inches of snow is expected to fall on New York City and surrounding areas this weekend.... Read More

Newborn found in trash pile rushed to hospital

NEW YORK (AP) -- Police say a newborn baby boy was pronounced dead after being discovered in a pile of trash at a Queens playground.... Read More

NY archbishop celebrates funeral for US soldier from Ghana

NEW YORK (AP) -- Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, celebrated the funeral Mass for an Army National Guard soldier and native of Ghana who died rescuing some of more than a dozen people trapped in the deadliest fire in the city in quarter of a century.... Read More

Capitol Watch: Lawmakers break, with NY state budget to come

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- In New York state government news, legislators in Albany are taking a week off ahead of difficult budget decisions, and Republicans in the Senate are calling for the elimination of one of Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's signature economic development programs.... Read More

Vatican investigator meets with Chile abuse victim in NYC

NEW YORK (AP) -- A key victim in the Chilean sex abuse scandal said he felt his story was finally heard after an hours-long meeting with a Vatican sex-crimes investigator on Saturday, the same day Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission amid criticism of how he is handling the scandal.... Read More

Calls for gun control grow louder after Florida shooting

PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) -- Pressure is growing for tougher gun-control laws after a mass shooting at a Florida high school, with thousands of angry protesters at state rallies demanding immediate action from lawmakers, and more demonstrations planned across the country in the weeks ahead.... Read More

School walkouts, sit-ins planned after Florida shooting

The mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 people dead has sparked calls for walkouts, sit-ins and other actions on school campuses across the United States aimed at pushing lawmakers to pass tougher gun laws.... Read More

A fire alarm sounds, then gunfire erupts: Stay or flee?

Students and teachers responded as trained when the fire alarm sounded, streaming out of the school and toward exits only to run into deadly gunfire.... Read More

School shooting massacre victims torn from community fabric

Two of the victims were coaches. One was a student who played trombone in the school band. Another proudly wore his ROTC uniform. Still another loved soccer. And most were so very young.... Read More

Minnesota terror case shows challenge of predicting attacks

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- After Tnuza Jamal Hassan was stopped from flying to Afghanistan last September, she allegedly told FBI agents that she wanted to join al-Qaida and marry a fighter, and that she might even wear a suicide belt.... Read More